Another Year, Another Great Inspection

The volunteers of Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department assembled this past Saturday night for our annual Inspection of Apparatus at Harmon Firehouse. This event is held each year for our Village leaders and neighboring fire department officers to see our members and apparatus in their “Sunday best.”

With over seventy five CFD volunteers present, the department was able to proudly show off our fleet. The brief but thorough inspection of our apparatus was followed by a dinner and brief ceremony upstairs in our hall.

Chief John Munson welcomed our visiting Village Officials which included Manager Abe Zambrano and his wife, Trustees Ann Gallelli and Kevin Davis, as well as Mayor Leo Wiegman who commented that it “seemed like our members and apparatus were responding all over the place today.” This was probably due to our responses to a structure fire and car accident with entrapment shortly before the event kicked off.

Assistant Chiefs Vlad and Mansfield introduced our department’s Past Chiefs and the Officers of our five companies. Chief Munson presented Officers from all five companies a plaque, thanking their members for everything they have done during his tenure as Chief – which ends at the end of this year.

In a new tradition that started last year, the Chief presented “Years of Service Milestone” awards to several members, listed below. Most notably was a Fifty Years of Service pin given to Harold Lockwood, and a Fifty-Five Years of Service pin for Past Chief Michael Calcutti Jr., who was unable to attend.

And, like years past, the top ten responder's of the department in the previous year (2012) were given awards for their efforts to go “above and beyond.” They’re listed below as well.

The evening closed with the “Best Appearing Apparatus” award, which went to Tower Ladder 44. Captain Mike Pellet and Engineer John “Stretch” Oles happily accepted this honor for their company.

Years of Service Benchmarks

5 Years: Steve Goe, Linda Hannan, Lt. Kevin McClone

10 Years: Adam Anfiteatro, Jim Powers

15 Years: Engineer Mike Burrows, Asst. Chief Matt Mansfield

20 Years: Fran Gennarelli, Lt. Eric Johnson, Charlie O’Connor

25 Years: Dave Jarc, Lt. Robert O’Leary

30 Years: Engineer Bill Gallagher

35 Years: Steve Calcutti

40 Years: Rich Capellazzi

45 Years: Deputy Chief Tex Dinkler, Bill Tuttle

50 Years: Harold Lockwood

55 Years: Michael Calcutti Jr.

Top “Ten” Responders of 2012

#1 Phil Dinkler – 214 Calls

#2 Joe Kempter – 206 Calls

#3 Ryan Howles – 186 Calls

#4 Dan Vlad – 181 Calls

#5 Bill Gallagher – 176 Calls

#6 Harold Lockwood – 174 Calls

#7 Bert Garcia – 172 Calls

#8 Chris Colombo – 165 Calls

#9 Tex Dinkler – 161 Calls

#10 (Tie) Jake Dinkler & Chris Rinaldi – 149 Calls